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Hack Education Weekly News

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” That’ll definitely bring back the coal jobs. ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “A federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether their academic programs meet state licensing requirements may be postponed,” says Inside Higher Ed. .”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me. ” More MOOC data in the “research” section below. The worst is definitely the Beloit Mindset List.) “ Oxford and Cambridge are said to be illegally spying on students for money,” says Quartz.